Given name & surname
Fortunato
“fortunate”
Fortunato is used as a given name and a surname. One Late Latin interpretation is “fortunate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Late Latin interpretation is “fortunate.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fortunato through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 910
- 910 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,759 as a first name in 2020; 3,768 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fortunato’s family of names
In Italian usage, Fortunato has a diminutive in Fortunino. Fortunato has a feminine form in Fortunata. Fortunato has a related form in Fortune.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fortunato has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Fortunato
- Fortunato FrezzaItalian priest (born 1942)
- Fortunato DeperoItalian painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer (1892–1960)
- Fortunato BaldelliItalian cardinal (1935–2012)
- Fortunato BalianiRoad racing cyclistborn 1974
- Fortunato ChelleriItalian-German Kapellmeister and composer1687–1757
- Fortunato Pio CastellaniItalian goldsmith and antiquarian seller1794–1865
- Fortunato Ilario Carafa della SpinaItalian cardinal (1630-1697)1631–1697
- Fortunato CerlinoItalian actor and film directorborn 1971
- Fortunato de Felice, 2nd Count PanzuttiItalian printer1723–1789
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